How to say "parallel" in Japanese

• 比類ひるいCommon
  nounThe 'parallel' of 'without parallel': an equal or match for something. It appears chiefly in set expressions saying that nothing compares, such as 比類がない, so it suits praise of unmatched quality.
• 類るいCommon
  noun, noun (suffix)The general word for a similar example or something of the same kind. As 'parallel' it works like 比類, in expressions such as 類を見ない, 'unlike anything of its kind'; it also covers 'the like'.
• 並列へいれつJLPT N1approx.Common
  no-adjectiveThe technical 'parallel' of electronics and computing: parallel circuits, connections, or processing as opposed to series. For hardware and software contexts this is the word; 比類 and 類 are not used this way.

Choose 並列 for the technical 'parallel' of electronics and computing; 比類 and 類 both render the noun 'parallel' meaning an equal or comparable case, 比類 stressing that nothing matches it.

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• 比類ひるいparallel
• パラparallel
• パラレルparallel
• 緯線いせんparallel
• 並行的へいこうてきparallel
• 類るいsimilar example
• 並列へいれつparallel (electronics, computing, etc.)